alexandre

Great to see you here, aurety Very nice work - keep it up !

Oh ! So it's Dr Brian and Mr Smith !

...or you could swap and become Ryan Zith and Ben Smajac !

Should be re-baptised PITARemover ! Brilliant ! Thanks Jeff !

The youngest hardly speaks English but the rest of us can get along- we've seen "Julius Caesar" with a British cast in Paris and very much enjoyed it (true: there were titles)- Most Americans can't follow Shakespeare ? You sound like a French newspaper ! If you remember Paris you will allow that there are NO such restaurants here so I hope my kid won't make a fuss if we "drag" him here and there Looking forward to that ! We're definitely trying to do too much ! But we're going to just let things happen around us and get a taste of the USA so we can come back and see what we liked the most. The "program" is Boston first so I can say hello, than New England for a week or so, then NY for six days, then by train to Philadelphia, then Washington, then back to NY to catch a plane to a sunny beach and REST !

They call me the thread exterminator- but anyway... How about comedy showcases: has anyone been to a comedy club ? On a different level: "Shakespeare in the Park" ? The terrace on the Met Museum with view of Central Park ? Delicatessen ? As you might have noticed I just bought a guide. When we're through with NY could anyone provide eceptional tips for Boston, New England, Philadelphia and Washington ? No kidding.

IF you can keep your head 'cause all about you are losing theirs etc etc LOL

Ouf ! Sorry for that one- it's Bastille Day and my alertness is rather low

Yes indeed it is: just checked and it's on through October- excellent idea !

Please, please do tell me this is second degree humor ?!

My kids are (God that makes me VERY old) 17 and 8; the small one used to have a DINOSAUR period that took me through various natural history museums- I hope he's still a fan because what with the World Cup and all now he's experiencing a sort of football epiphany ! The elder is in a guitar-hero phase: maybe a Broadway show or a Madison Square Garden event will sparkle some positive response out of his teenage blasé ! (just (half)-kidding) I'm really looking forward to this american trip (our first one); it's extremely "ambitious" (translate foolhardy) but I hope it will not be too exhausting: I think the key is not trying to see everything and not being ashamed to do simple "tourist" things like seeing the Empire State or the Brooklyn Bridge etc. It's useless to say any idea is more than welcome.

Hi guys, Sorry to interrupt but I've been eavesdropping as I'll be taking my little family to a trip on the East Coast this August that will include five days in New York. It's nice to see I won't be the only one with my head turned up ! Great to have some tips: anything to avoid those looks from my sons when I'll try to show enthusiasm for a walk ! Cheers, Alex (As an aside to Ernest, it's quite unnerving that both Jeff and you had to step in and actually explain the judging but you couldn't have done it better)

Way to go Jeff !

When it comes to sketching, Zaha's paintings (the first ones especially) are much more interesting imho; I think she even exhibited and sold them per se once

Sorry about that: seems like the ftp isn't open anymore. There was a thread in the Unchallenge section - see if you can do a search there.